Crash involving jeep, big-rig sends two to hospital in North Bay

Two people have been taken to a hospital after a two-vehicle accident involving a big-rig on state Highway 116 in unincorporated Sonoma County this morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

The CHP received a report at 6:40 a.m. of a Jeep being driven unsafely on Old Adobe Road, CHP Officer Dave Thomas said.

As the CHP was responding to the call, the Jeep collided with a big-rig at the intersection of Old Adobe and Stage Gulch roads, causing one of the vehicles to run into a power pole, knocking it over, Thomas said.

Both drivers were transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. PG&E is at the scene working to repair the downed power pole, Thomas said.

The intersection remains blocked and a fuel cleanup is under way because the contents of the big rig's tank spilled out onto the roadway, Thomas said.